10 things you need to know today: October 26, 2015

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THE WEEK

1. Powerful earthquake shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Monday in northern Afghanistan, with tremors felt in cities across the country, and in Pakistan and India. The full extent of the damage was not immediately known, but the powerful quake reportedly caused buildings to collapse. There were early reports of injuries near the epicenter in Afghanistan, and at least 43 deaths. People from Kabul to Islamabad described the quake as the most violent they had ever felt. “I thought it was the end of everything,” said one restaurant worker in Islamabad.

Source: The Washington Post, The Associated Press

2. At least 5 killed when whale-watching boat sinks off British Columbia
Five people died Sunday when a whale watching tour boat sank off of Tofino, British Columbia. The 64-foot boat, Leviathan II, was carrying 27 people when its crew sent out a…

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  1. Xena | 10/26/2015 at 9:04 am

    Good morning everyone! Hope that you enjoy the reblog. The day holds lots of phone calls and work for me, so I really appreciate The Fifth Column blogging on the news so I can share it with all of you. See ya later.

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  2. yahtzeebutterfly | 10/26/2015 at 9:59 am

    My prayers are with the people of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Northern India and my sympathy for the families who have lost loved ones.

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    The 7.5 earthquake was devastating. According to the Washington Post, 145 people have died including 123 in Pakistan and 12 students at a girls’ school in Northern Afghanistan.


    “Kashmiri girls pray and cry in fear in the aftermath of an earthquake in Srinagar. (Source: Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)”

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  3. yahtzeebutterfly | 10/26/2015 at 12:25 pm

    “Obama administration cracks down on police abuse, draws challenges”
    http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-police-reform-20151022-story.html

    Excerpt:

    In the previous four years under President George W. Bush, the Justice Department had stopped taking police departments to court over allegations of misconduct or violations of civil rights.

    But Thomas Perez, a liberal former Justice Department lawyer, had just been nominated to take over the civil rights division by President Obama, and he was determined to play hardball with rogue cops and departments.

    In the nearly seven years since Obama came to office, his Justice Department has investigated 21 police departments — big departments, including New Orleans and Detroit, and small ones, such as East Haven and Ferguson, Mo.

    “Under Bush, the Department of Justice took the view that they could not force, or did not want to force, police departments into court,” said Stephen Rushin, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School and an expert on federal enforcement of police reform.

    “Under the Obama administration, they take the view that if a city isn’t willing to play ball, that the DOJ will go to court and force that city to comply.”

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  4. Lonnie Starr | 10/26/2015 at 5:29 pm

    Truth of How Slavery Started The Black Slave Trade and Racism Dr. Claud Anderson

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  6. Xena | 10/27/2015 at 12:14 pm

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